8. The teacher’s voice had an almost ________ effect, especially in the first class on the Monday
morning, causing many students to nod off.
(A) pragmatic (B) implacable (C) arcane (D) soporific
(A) pragmatic-solving problems in a reasonable way (B) implacable-unable to be pleased opp: mitigate, pacify, placate (C) arcane-mysterious and only known by a few people (D) soporific-causing people want to sleep